Salman driver confesses
Bollywood super duper star Salman Khan`s family driver Ashok Singh on March 30 told the Sessions Court that it was he and not the actor who was driving at the time of the 2002 hit-and-run accident in which one person was killed and four others were injured. Khan, charged by the police with ramming his Landcruiser into a bakery in suburban Bandra in a drunken state on September 28, 2002, had told the court last week that Singh was driving the car. It was the first time the disclosure was made. Ashok Singh is 42 years old and appeared as a defense witness and corroborated Khan`s version completely. Describing how the accident took place, Singh said that a tyre burst and the car was dragged to the left. He tried to turn the steering wheel but it was hard, then he tried to apply brakes but by then the car had climbed the stairs of bakery. He was in a state of shock and Salman was sitting on the left side. He tried to open the door but it got jammed. Salman got down from his side which was on the right. Singh, also said that Altaf, another driver who worked for Khan, had called him on phone at 1.30 am that day, asking him to pick up the actor at the J W Marriot hotel because he (Salman) was not well.
